Brown, Irad Ortiz, Klaravich Stables win Belmont fall meet titles
Chad Brown won his 10th consecutive Belmont Park fall meet title, winning 29 races from 111 starters at the meet, which ended Sunday. He won 13 stakes and his purse earnings were a meet-best $3.79 million. Todd Pletcher (20), Linda Rice (16), Christophe Clement (16), and Rudy Rodriguez rounded out the top five.
In what was a tight jockey racing heading into closing day, Irad Ortiz Jr. won three races on Sunday’s card to take the title with 33 wins, one more than his brother Jose and two more than Luis Saez. All three had 30 wins heading into the final card.
It was Ortiz’s sixth Belmont fall riding title, first since 2018. Jose Ortiz was leading rider in 2020 and Manny Franco won the title in 2019.
Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables was leading owner with eight wins. Jason Provenzano’s Flying P Stables and Michael Dubb finished in a tie for second with seven wins.